I keep getting an error message on youtube, is this happening to anyone else?

If you see the message: "AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED, PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER"

which is *INSIDE* an empty Flash player, that's a sign that

a "time-out" or "run-time" error has occurred. Problems like

that are usually due to your ISP, YouTube or a network link

between the two of them which is trying to carry YouTube's

Flash transmissions onto your computer. These events are

usually just temporary.

It's quite possible that simply pressing "F5" (or clicking the

"Refresh" icon) could easily resolve your problem. You can

also try clicking the "Back" and "Forward" buttons.

If your problem is still there, I'm very familiar with "blank" or

"black" screens -- and have helped hundreds of people with

with that particular problem. Thus please take a look at my

previous "Best Answers" (see below) and what the "Askers"

wrote in their feedback comments to my answer afterwards:

Not much has changed in the last couple years in terms of

playing YouTube videos. In fact, you could still use Flash 8

if you wanted to. The newest Flash Players are often giving

YouTubers a lot of trouble, especially since there is now 11

different versions of Flash 10. It's patently absurd that there

is 10.0.525, 10.0.576, 10.1.218, 10.2.26, 10.2.54, 10.12.10,

10.12.36, 10.15.3, 10.22.87, 10.23.1 and recently 10 32.18.

Usually, most updates are typically good for only one thing:

software conflicts. I have never strayed away from 9.47 and

many "flashers" still swear that 9.45 is best. Think of those

two as you would Windows XP, compared to Vista. Please

look at the Asker's comment to this "Best Answer" of mine:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200811...

If that seems interesting to you, here is the appropriate link:

http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php?old_flash_...

If nothing seems to resolve your issue, this is what I advise

people when YouTube gets slow, stuck or weird: clear your

"cache" of its "Cookies", "History" and "Temporary Internet

Files". My "CHTIF triple-cure" has resolved literally 100's of

peoples YouTube problems, so why not yours? Just do the

following depending on your browser, then shutdown/reboot:

Internet Explorer 6:

→ Tools → Internet Options

→ Delete Cookies → OK

→ Delete Files → OK

→ Clear History → Yes

→ OK

Internet Explorer 7:

→ Tools → Internet Options → Delete...

→ Delete files → Yes

→ Delete cookies → OK

→ Delete history → OK

→ Close (browsing history window)

→ OK

Internet Explorer 8:

→ Tools → Delete Browsing History

[. ] Preserve Favorites (leave blank)

[x] Temporary Internet files

[x] Cookies

[x] History

→ Delete

Mozilla Firefox 3:

→ Tools → Clear Private Data

[x] Browsing History

[x] Download History

[x] Saved Form and Search History

[x] Cache

[x] Cookies

→ Clear Private Data Now

Mozilla Firefox 3.5:

→ Tools → Clear Recent History

Time range to clear: → Everything

▼ Details

[x] Browsing & Download History

[x] Saved Form and Search History

[x] Cookies

[x] Cache

→ Clear Now

Apple Safari 3:

→ Edit → Preferences

→ Security (tab) → Show Cookies

→ Remove All → Done

after that:

→ Safari → Empty Cache → Empty

after that:

→ History → Clear History

Google Chrome:

→ Tools (wrench) → Clear browsing data...

[x] Clear browsing history

[x] Clear download history

[x] Empty the cache

[x] Delete cookies

Clear data from this period: → Everything

→ Clear Browsing Data

BLANK SCREENS:

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◘ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200903...

best answer by a mile. MY YOUTUBES BACK.

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Thanks for all that, it worked !!

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dude, thanks!! clearing my "cache" worked! Thanks for your time and all.. =)

ERROR OCCURRED:

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thanks alot it worked

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this is exactly what i did and it worked :] ---- thank youuu!!!

There could be several reasons for error but first, due to maintenance of website or if not then please clear your browser history re start computer and check.

Or if it is new problem the best and safest way is SYSTEM RESTORE.

If you are using other than vista then it will be easier, Click on start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system restore. Chose the date when computer was running fine. After that re start computer.

I hope this answer will help you.

Pinterest is still getting off the ground and working out some kinks, for about a week I couldn't pin anything from Etsy, then it suddenly started working again. Just give it some time :)

Um, yeah, I'm having this problem for SOME videos, especially the ones I actually want to watch. D:

I think it's maintenance issues thoughh.

Oh, and I've tried 4 different web browsers and have tried restarting. x.x

This happens when you lose connection from your internet. In your case your internet might have overloaded

Try Downloading the video to your computer and watch it with VLC Media player or something

To download a video read this: While you're watching a YouTube video, add the word 'keep' just before .com in your address bar

For example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1t5G3KoYWc becomes http://www.youtubekeep.com/watch?v=v1t5G3KoYWc

I'm having this problem currently as well, i asked a question a few days ago but i got no answers, so im glad i've seen this one with answers =)

Is it possible that the isp you are using may be blocking youtube or some proxy that is blocking youtube

ive been getting that on some of my videos

maintenance problems, maybe or it's your internet